The Motorola Moto G72, released in late 2022, was a solid mid-range contender. It brought a gorgeous pOLED 120Hz display and a sleek design to the budget segment. However, like many phones in its class, it was shipped with Android 12 (later updated to 13) bloated with Motorola’s specific software tweaks and a hardware configuration (MediaTek Helio G99) that sometimes struggled with Motorola’s heavy UI skin.
Motorola released the kernel source for the Moto G72 as required by GPL v2. Motorola G72 Custom Rom
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As of late 2025, the most "daily driver" ready ROMs are Evolution X (for Pixel features) and crDroid (for bleeding edge tweaks). Keep an eye on the XDA Forums for the penangf device section; a maintainer recently hinted at an official LineageOS 22 build (Android 15) in the pipeline. Resurrecting the Motorola Moto G72: A Guide to
If you own a Moto G72 and feel the hardware still has life left, but the software is holding it back, installing a Custom ROM is the best way to breathe new life into your device. Keep an eye on the XDA Forums for
(codenamed "vicky") can be difficult because it uses a MediaTek chipset, which typically sees less development support than Snapdragon models.
are stable for daily use, though some users note that the fingerprint scanner may not work on certain builds. Unlocking the Bootloader